European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 23, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday february 23,1988 the stars and stripes Page 25 Glauthier retains is title As Usa eur meet opens by Klint Johnson and still sports editor Berchtesgaden Wesl Germany the Competition was keen and some times brutal monday As Brady Gaul hic of Vii corps was again crowned King or the Usa eur giant slalom. Glauthier raced the two runs on the go Tschon aim slope in i minute 32.60 second to claim his second straight Sarteur giant slalom championship Hii two runs were 46.62 and 45.98 for the 31-Gatc course which dropped 220 meters it was Bill Stem Hacen s Fate to again finish second to his Vii corps teammate in the open division is. A Lemhagen from Bamberg had a 1 33.67 total Lime Wilh runs of 47.63 Ord 46.04. Stern Hagen won the Usa eur is rare in 1986 . Before Brady. Thor Seaburg of 21st support come. Finished third with a Swift second run of 45.94. Which brought him a 1 34.30 total and i he bronc medal. Do spice his Gold medal which would clash Wilh his Orange Grcen Black psyche Delic ski suit Glauthier s Day did not quite fulfil his goal. He was not the fas Lisl racer Down the Mountain on this partly snowy Day that distinction belonged to Doug nordic scr a 33-year-old Navy Pilot racing Here with the . Forces Cis team As a guest entrant. Nordmeyer is an instructor Pilot at Miramar naval air station near san Diego. A Veteran of the Cutuil a in lilt air Competition and a 1 term or University of Wyoming milled the second run in 44.94 fora 1 32.1 total. Glauthier had beaten nor nil scr in the first heal 4b.a2lo-l7.2s. Gaul hic 21, said Aller the first run i be got a one second Edge on so Crneha gun bul the Field is closely bunched. I m going All out fur the Usa eur title in the second Glauthier blamed an error i lost a half second on a turn for a slower Sec Ond run. Though the Usa eur Competition was Over after the Standard to runs a third heal was held for inc fastest racers to help determine which if any Europe based skiers would join he team for the cism meet in Wosla Italy Early next month. That third run became a Challenge race and again Nordmeyer prevailed nordic scr. Who had switched from Oslo slalom skis after the first run clocked a 45.06. Glauth Ier did 45.80. Still the Usa eur elite had ple Tylo be proud of. Or Lauthier Stern Hagen and Seaburg All finished ahead of the other five cism skiers in inc two run race. And John Pel Lender of v corps he fourth Placer in Usa eur was seventh Overall. He placed behind Pat Rick Arnony and Kevin us scr of he cism squad bul ahead of former Usa eur racer Mike Anthony and from the Stales. James Mirall of 21st support come. Finished fifth in the open division. V corps Jeff Robins a Usa eur third Placer last year was Siili. Between them was inc of her cism skier Tim Woodruff who journeyed nil the Way from Schofield Barracks in Hawaii. The make up for the . Team for the cism giant slalom which will be announced Lacr. Is sure to include be tween two and four Usa eur com petitions. Buzz Bennett the director of armed forces sports who is Here with the cism contingent and a former Usa eur sports official was impressed Wilh monday s comp Lilion. It s the tightest i be Ever seen Over Here said Bennett. And these Guys were All racing the course not just ski ing the compaction could nol be any tighter than in the Usa eur masters 40 and older division. Consider this. Larry Smith and Crais Schwyn Der finished in a dead heat for first place Wilh 1 50.44. Just one one Hundredth of a second Back bul in third place was James Lyon. Three skiers within .01 of each other after two runs. Fourth Placer William Rose was very close to winning it All Wilh a 1 50.90. The of four masters were All from Vii corps. Patrick Hardy of v corps won the men s seniors division 30-39 years with a 1 42.60 Lime on runs of 51,43 nnd5l.l7. Hardy s Victory was u solid one Over Allen Mccrill of Vii corps and Tim Grallo of v corps Mccrill was runner up in 1 45.% with Gratalo third in 1 47.20. George Crest of 21st support card. Placed fourth. Fastest woman of the Day was Maria Rothgeb of Vii corps who captured the open division title with a speedy 1 47.35 Over six second i faster than the runners up v corps Catherine Fraser and Jennifer Roche Luau. Yes. There was another tie Tor a medal spot in this sport measured in hundredths of a second. Fraser and Rocheleau were both clocked in 1 53.52 Overall. . 1.07-Sccondwinner to Ligeh like Gaul hic. Is from a Firnberg. And the men s and women s winners share something else Hoth arc from the same area of the stale of Washington. We ddn l know each niger before we got Over said Rathgeh. Hut found out my father and Brady father were ski instructors incl her in Wash . Watson she Ais of a Ellingen and Vil corps look inc four skier women s senior division which has Bee dropped in age to 26-nnd-Nlder this year. Wilson Sli eats in her Lim year is a senior won Wilh a 1 54.60 total. Syl via klees of v corps sva second in biggest thing in Manhattan is Kansas state s Richmond up few Milch Richmond tikes chime Hen the clock Nuu Down. By Doug Tucker Manhattan Kan. A Danny Manning re Mains the favorite for player of the year in the nation bul some fans Don t by Ticic the will Public cd Kansas senior has always been Lac Pla Crof the year in the state. Milch Richmond Kansas stale s quiet and relatively court Leader is drawing increasingly ave reviews. In his second season after transferring from Moberly mo., Community College the 6-foot 5 Richmond it being compared with inc finest players in the Long proud history of Kansas stale basketball based on what he s done you d have to say Mitch Richmond has been the Besl player in the conference this year in he last Hryce minutes of the game said Oklahoma coach Billy Tubbs. He just a great he s As Good As you re going to find anywhere in the country said Southwest Missouri stale coach Charlie Spoonhour. He also seems like a Nice person which makes it even better.1such extravagant Praise has taken a Little getting used to. Richmond says he s particularly uncomfortable with speculation that he could be a stale All time s a great compliment for people to compare me with people but when 1 think about Guys like Rolando Blackman and Mike Evans and the other Garcal players they be had Here. Well who can say who was Besl but when you hear people say things like that it make me want to keep working on my game. You never know wha you can get out of yourself unlit you Model of consistency Richmond has scored in double figures in every Kansas stale game he s appeared in bul one. Shooting belter than to percent this season from the floor he averaged More than 24points, six rebounds and Bree assists. With Richmond in the Lead the wildcats seem to be barrelling toward another appearance in the Mcaa has major league moves not Only in the Low pos area but off the dribble and he has a perimeter said former new York Knick coach Hubie Brown. He is an inside player he is a Wing player Oft the dribble and he has Garcal ability to make the Long jump shot its the final decisive minutes of a game when k state s Leader is most devastating. In a 68-60 Victory a Colorado he scored seven of his team s last 12 Points against Nebraska he had eight of the wildcats last 14. Including 3-Point goals on trips Down inc floor. Lit for steady nerves under pressure hard to beat the eight game stretch hit season in which Richmond hit 18 of it free throws in the last two minutes. You be got to have a Little Confidence in yourself said the Florida native. If you Don t have Confidence in yourself How Are you going 10 do the things you this undeniable Strain of self Confidence was a Gilt of birth Richmond says. When it Geis to that Point i just feel like i Don i want to let my Cam lose he said. It s just inc desire to win i just try to pump up the learn and try to Winthe ballgame. 1 have Confidence that 1 can gel the shot Down that i can stale fans Are launching what will probably be Afulilo Campaign to make Richmond the big eights player of the year. Bul such things arc never discussed at Wildcat practices. Nol at he said. We know we have a Loi of season left. We know that if our learn goes As far As we can and does he Job we can do inc individual Honor swill come. It s Nice to be mentioned As a candidate for player of the year. Thai s Wething anyone would be proud of. But there Are a Iol of Guys having to real sea son in the big eight Guys like Derrick Chievous at Missouri Stacey King at Oklahoma. Manning and � we really Don i Ulk about stuff like Hal. We re thinking about what the team can
